What do you think of “digital media”? We are living in an information-oriented society now. But many of us think that it is hard to judge what digital media is, also we cannot figure out the exact meaning of digital media because digital media comes to us so quickly and so silently. I learned the meaning of digital media, some details of digital media, hypertext and Douglas Engelbart on this week. Besides we mentioned the key points of last week again.
There are two key points of digital media. One is when a medium is new, it is often used to simulate old media. There is an example to understand. We use some folders to collect and to arrange materials. The folder made of papers or plastics in reality. When we make a folder on a computer (we usually use windows), the folder in computer looks like the real folder. So it helps us to know which folder has the information what I need. The other is new media do not replace old media, they displace them. For example, there are two kinds of books. One is a book which made of papers, and the other is e-book which just can find on internet. Even though the contents of the books are same, the e-book cannot replace the book which made of papers because the e-book can buy the contents what you need, and do not need buy whole contents. And the shape is also different from the paper book. As the internet is developed so fast, we can download the music for free. However, it is too unfair to singers and producers. So they start to make digital albums. Even if digital media is quick and convenient, there are too many faults because people do not pay the money and they abuse the information. I think that sometimes digital media makes the product to fall in value.
Here is the most important point of the class. It is hypertext that is a way of connecting pieces of text so that we can go quickly and directly from one to another. Hypertext is invented by Ted Nelson. By using hypertext, we do not need to watch the unnecessary contents. So hypertext is really convenient thing to us. If hypertext did not exist, I had to drag the whole pages till I find the information what I need. The way of dragging the whole pages makes me annoying and wastes my time.
What is “cut-ups”? I thought it is the way of copy contents because whenever I copy texts on the web, I always use cut and paste functions. Cut-up is performed by taking a finished and fully linear text (printed on paper) and cutting it in pieces with a few or single words on each piece. The resulting pieces are then rearranged into a new text. The rearranging of work often results in surprisingly innovative new phrases. Many people thought cut-up gives bad result but it was not. Tristan Tzara who advocated Dadaism made a Dadaist poem. He cut single words, mixed them, chose some words and rearranged them. William Burroughs who made Origin & Theory of the Tape Cutups and David Bowie also used cut ups function. Cut-ups are used at advertising, music video, like a multi media. And I think that we can make a work of art by using cut-ups. It is an attractive thing to me.
There is an important person who invented mouse, windows, e-mail and word processor; Douglas Engelbart. He remained lots of achievements and the achievements are still valuable to us. The most important achievement is demo.It is the strongest rhetoric in new media Thanks to Douglas Engelbart, all people can use a computer conveniently.
Digital media, hypertext of Ted Nelson, cut-ups and Douglas Engelbart were the key points on this week. However, As I studied the history of information technology, I surprized and realized that a little idea is able to become a part of history even the idea was not welcomed at that time.
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